CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Witness Credibility Evidence
......Impeachment by Contradiction
4 Cards On This Topic:

D's expansive and unequivocal denial of drug involvement on direct exam warranted court's admission of extrinsic evidence of prior cocaine arrest as impeachment by contradiction.

No abuse of discretion in admitting W2's testimony contradicting W1's testimony as to whether W1 had attempted to bribe a witness and thus was relevant to assessing W1's credibility.

Admission of testimony re D's prior arrest involving a gun did not violate limitations on using specific instances of prior misconduct, as restrictions do not apply to evidence offered to support or attack witness credibility.

Introducing photo of swastika, gang and gun tattoos on D's torso not misconduct where photo relevant to witness' I.D. and created inference D was familiar with guns, thereby impeaching another witness.